(A) (1) Traffic violations generally. Whoever violates any provision of this traffic code for which another penalty is not already otherwise provided by ordinance or by appropriate statutory penalty as generally set forth in ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, §§ 16-101 et seq., shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $500.
(2) Parking violations generally. Any person accused of a violation of any provision of this traffic code prohibiting parking a vehicle in a designated area, or restricting the length of time a vehicle may be there parked, or parking in a metered area without putting a coin in the meter to cover the required time, may settle and compromise the claim against him or her for the illegal parking by paying to the village $3 for each offense if paid within five days, or $10 if paid within 21 days. The payment may be made at the police station, a receipt shall be issued for all money so received, and the money shall be promptly turned over to the Village Treasurer to be credited to the General Fund. The members of the Police Department are hereby authorized to refrain from instituting a prosecution for the alleged offense involved. This section shall not apply to persons parking a vehicle so as to obstruct the entrance or exit of any place where Police or Fire Department apparatus or other emergency equipment is kept or housed, or so as to block an emergency entrance in a hospital; nor shall this section apply to any person charged with parking a vehicle so as to entirely obstruct traffic in any street or alley, or parking in a way as to reduce traffic on an arterial street to one-way traffic only; nor to any person who refuses to move a vehicle illegally parked at the request of any member of the Police Department.
(Prior Code, § 70.99)
(B) Any person violating any provision, or any parts thereof, of § 70.03, shall be fined not less than $50, or more than $100, for each offense. Failure to pay the original fine or file a petition to set aside the final determination within 15 days of the issuance of the notice of final determination shall result in an additional $100 penalty.
(C) Any person convicted of violating the provisions of § 70.04 shall be fined $250.
(D) Any person or entity found to be in violation of the terms and conditions of § 70.05 shall be subject to a fine of $50 per day for each and every day that the violation is in existence.
(E) Any violation of § 70.06 shall result in a fine not to exceed $500.
(F) Every person who is convicted of a violation of § 70.41 shall be punished by a fine of at least $250 in addition to any other penalties which may be imposed.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-311) (Prior Code, § 70.36)
(G) Every person who is convicted of a violation of § 70.42 shall be punished by a fine of at least $250 in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-312) (Prior Code, § 70.37)
(Ord. 01-13, passed 9-11-2001; Ord. 04-15, passed 6-1-2004; Ord. 07-07, passed 6-12-2007; Ord. 08-01, passed 1-8-2008)